Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-01-07
4 axureserer,s Confession.

a Murderer's Confession.
ghc finding of tue mutiIated remains oi
George A. Cobman, nilllman, near Lex
ington, Mass, was mentioned in yesterdays
GAZETTE Although several men were ar
rested in connection with the murder, Jas.
E. Nowlin now confessea that ne alone COM
mitted the crime. In his story to the au-
tho.ities he says ttat be had been thinking
of 1t for some days. incited thereto by Cod
mans 5oGstfu way Of showing money, and
expected 10 secure about 5000, with which
he intended to leave the State BE killed
Goldman in the stable at about Two o'clock
in the morning by coming behind him and
stabbipg him in the side Of the neck with g
butchers knife He severed an artery. and
Goldman fell to the floor and died almost in
startly. He then put the body under q
pung, covered it up, and went oH his milk
route. taking bis brothe: with him. He re-
turned about eleven o'clock, put up his team
and went to dinner. After dinner he vent
10 the stable, cleaned up the traces OF the
crime as we'll as no could, and then deiher-
sted as to the disposition Of The body de
finally decided TO take il away II the puug
and secrete it somewhere until he cou'd
safely get rid of it. lie considered the
weight Of the body, and TO make it easier TO
handle and to hide the traces Of his 2hastIy
load he concluded to disTnem5er 1t. linen
he took an axe and fret chopped off the LETT
leg close to the body; then the right arm.
Thinking that WITH these members gone ne
could easily handle what was left, he placed
the BODY and the severed members IL the
Of
them with the rubber horse blanket
which was subsequently found near the
body; and also put the axe intc the
sleigh. Before starting he tidieG things up
in the stable, destroying what ne could OF
the marks left after his rough Epode of dis
section. He concluded then 10 secure the
money for which he had committed the hor-
rible crime, and started OF with The turn
out and the body for Codman's boarding
house. He left the team standing few
doors from the house and thsn went in, tell
ing the landlord that Goldman was going
away for ah indefinite time with man, and
had sent him for his money and other
things He was allowed to 90 up to Cod
mans room TO get the articles OF apparel,
and from there be carried oil the desk con-
tanning about 1915 in money and other arti-
ce5 of value. He returned 10 the team and
drove off toward Lexington After driving
awhile be began to rsaiiZs the eAormity OF
his crime, and became more ana more
frightened as he drove along, imagining
that ell who SAW him knew CT the dreadful
burden ne was carrying. His fears worked
so much upon him that when he cGmo 10
lonely part of the road and WAS free from
observation, he took the cody cut OF the
pung, aud, half frenzed By his fear Of detec-
ton, seized the axe and chopped the head
off and smashed the face Until be thought it
would be unrecognizsble. He then threw
the head and an arm over wall, re.
turned TO the road, lifted the body IL
the pung and started eff again. After
driving about a mile and 6 half he
again alighted and threw the body into
some sbrubbery, whore it was aiterwaTd
found. The left leg he secreted in some
bushes near by. 1t has not get been found,
but the murderer has described it3 place Of
concealment, and it will be secured by Off
GERS. After depositing the body, ne took
the rubber blanket, which had hidden the
remains in the pung, Gad threw it. as ne
thought, over the dismembered body, jump
ed ioto the pung and drove oil. The blanket,
however, fell short OF its mark and left the
body exposed. His hi3sou5 mission ocau-
pied ABOUT lOur nOuTS III It5 coHSuuI.l&tiOH'
After Nowliu had killed Goldman il. the
stable he stripped the body of its clothing,
bundled it up and put tin the sleigh. He
threw this off without stopping some little
time before he chopped his victims head OH.
Ample evidence of the crime was found
when the police searched the stable, Now
Inns attempts to wash away the stains hav-
ing been Intellectual. In the middle of the
floor was large space which had been re-
Gently washed. In another place m axe,
smeared .?;th blood, was found. When the
police confronted Nowlin with some of the
evidence they had discovered, the boy be-
gan to weaken and change his tactics. Jas.
Edward Nowlin is handsome young fel-
low, little over seventeen years old, and is
very intelligent looking. He is one of four
brothers, who reside in Somervile While
nothing really bad is known Of the brothers,
they have the reputation Of beinghot blood
&c and wild. The father of the family, it is
stated, hanged himself in the penitentiary.
A COMING ICE CARNIvAL.-The prepara-
tons for the carnival at Montreal sre being
pushed forward with great energy. The
foundations of the ice castle were laid this
morning, consisting of crystal blocks OF ice
twenty-five inches thick qaarried from tho
st. Lawrence. This renders it unnecessary
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